William tribble



No. 622,932. Patented A r; u, I899.

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CIGAR BOX.

(Application filed July 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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. ATTORNEYS.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TRIBBLE, of Alton, in the county of Madisonand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Box, ofwhich the following isa full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cigar-boxes; and the object isto provide a cigar-box so arranged that the several cigars originallyplaced therein may be successively drawn out by mechanical meanssuch,for instance, as in a coin-controlled vending-machine, and particularlythe machine for which I applied for Letters Patent under date of March23, 1898, Serial No. 674,891.

I will describe a cigar-box embodying my invention and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a section through the line 1 l of Fig. 2 of a cigar-boxembodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof.

The box 1 is substantially of the ordinary form; but arranged in the boxis a flexible drawing device 2, here shown in the form of a ribbon, withone end secured to an end wall of the box near its top, as indicated at3.

When the cigars are originally packed, the drawing device is passed backand'forth between the layers of cigars, with the fastened end extendedover the top layer. The free end of the drawing device passes under thelower layer and is designed to project through an opening 4 at thebottom of an end wall of the box. This opening may be formed by breakingaway a portion of the end wall before placing the box in avending-machine.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM TRIBBLE, OF ALTON ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL H.WYSS, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 622,932, dated April11, 1899.

Application filed July 19, 1898. Serial No. 686,380. (No model.)

By pulling outward on the drawing device it is obvious that the cigarsmay be discharged one at a time through the opening 4.

If desired, parting-strips 5, of cardboard or similar material, may beplaced between the lengthsof ribbon between layers of cigars. Thesestrips 5 will serve to hold an upper layer of cigars in proper alinementwhile cigars of a lower layer are discharged from the box. It is to beunderstood, however, that the strips 5 may be omitted without depart ingfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- I 1. As a new article of manufacture, a cigarboxhaving an opening in one end and provided with a ribbon or the likesecured to the end of the box having the opening, said rib bonbeingadapted to extend between the outermost layers of cigars and the box,and between the several layers of cigars, with two thicknesses betweenadjacent layers and out through the opening of the box, as set forth.

2. A cigar-box having an opening in one end at the bottom and providedwith a ribbon or the like secured to the end of the box having theopening near the top thereof, said ribbon being adapted to extendbetween the outermost layers of cigars and the box and between theseveral layers of cigars, with two thicknesses between adjacent layers,and out through the opening of the box, and partingstrips arrangedbetween the two thicknesses,

of ribbon between the layers of cigars, substantially as shown anddescribed.

WILLIAM TRIBBLE. Witnesses:

W. T. WILLIAMs, C. S. BAILEY.

